upgrade 2 just makes a shiv last longer.. in certain situations, it is still only a one time usage thing..
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The Last of Us |OT| It Cant Be For Nothing (Spoilers)
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upgrade 2 just makes a shiv last longer.. in certain situations, it is still only a one time usage thing..
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My ps3 fans go into overdrive after playing this for a while.
Also, I noticed these white dots in the top of my screen when in vision mode
Also, I noticed these white dots in the top of my screen when in vision mode
derExperte
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Good to hear. I apparently stopped right before that and up until now it was good but kind of ordinary and the story has been utterly predictable. So much so that I cringed a few times.
Ellie is immune and might be the cure? Oh come on.
I noticed that too. The game certainly has technical problems. In the forest before Lincoln there is an area when I look up most of the details on the ground disappear reproducibly. Also the framerate is all but stable. I wish this was next gen, it could look glorious but the PS3 just doesn't cut it.
That sucks. It sounded like the best ability ever at the start of the game, but now that I have a shotgun I wasn't planning on dropping 100 pills on it anyways.
You are confusing the manual with the supplements upgrade.
Uno Venova
Banned
Oh yes, and it always looks natural no matter what object or which angle you are bashing someones head into, very impressive.
Same thing, but only sometimes and I have no idea what it means.
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Toilet roll.
Why are there rolls of toilet paper everywhere? I'm sure wiping your ass with toilet roll would be one of the last luxuries humanity would cling to (in the west). Each roll would be worth a small fortune after a year or two. Totally immersion breaking!
Why are there rolls of toilet paper everywhere? I'm sure wiping your ass with toilet roll would be one of the last luxuries humanity would cling to (in the west). Each roll would be worth a small fortune after a year or two. Totally immersion breaking!
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derExperte
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Traded in a few things and picked this up on impulse. I wasn't really looking forward to this game, to be quite honest. I've always liked the look/vibe of the game when I first saw it announced and the survival horror aspect always had me intrigued. I stayed away from all media on this game since it was announced too so I went in pretty blind.
Intro was neat, but I wasn't overly moved or anything.
I'm about an hour and a half in, at some docks, and the game isn't all that interesting yet. I do love the environments though and the way the game looks. Maybe it's because I'm getting older, but these Half-Life 2-like scripted moments, stuff that first/third person shooter/action game have been doing for years now, still seem extremely silly to me. That first hour wandering the streets/shanty town, seeing "quarantined" areas where people act out scripted scenarios, almost feels Zoo-like to me. The more realistic a game strives to be, the more apparent these issues become for me. It's like I'm some guest walking by one of those "Amazing Tents of Horrors". Or rather, I'm on the other side of the wall watching some pit of tigers or lions do their thing. Anyone get what I'm saying?
I was really hesitant to pick this up, but I definitely want to see it to the end. Hopefully it gets a little more interesting the further I get, as I'm still early in the game.
Intro was neat, but I wasn't overly moved or anything.
Honestly, the tension/atmosphere was killed for me when some random NPC tailed my ass and made me skip/move forward at a faster pace. Oh, and there were a few parts where I guess I wasn't moving fast enough or got stuck on an object and an infected "game over"-ed me.
I'm about an hour and a half in, at some docks, and the game isn't all that interesting yet. I do love the environments though and the way the game looks. Maybe it's because I'm getting older, but these Half-Life 2-like scripted moments, stuff that first/third person shooter/action game have been doing for years now, still seem extremely silly to me. That first hour wandering the streets/shanty town, seeing "quarantined" areas where people act out scripted scenarios, almost feels Zoo-like to me. The more realistic a game strives to be, the more apparent these issues become for me. It's like I'm some guest walking by one of those "Amazing Tents of Horrors". Or rather, I'm on the other side of the wall watching some pit of tigers or lions do their thing. Anyone get what I'm saying?
I was really hesitant to pick this up, but I definitely want to see it to the end. Hopefully it gets a little more interesting the further I get, as I'm still early in the game.
BannedEpisode
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I'm not the type of person to be spooked by horror games or movies at all but a couple levels in this game so far have been really really tense. Not necessarily scary but tense and spooky.
Bravo Naughty Dog.
Main level in question:
Bravo Naughty Dog.
Main level in question:
The waterlogged basement of the hotel in Pittsburgh
i didn't spoiler tag it before since it was kind of ambigous of what I meant and where it was but i re did it again since it was best...but yea dude that section...and mind you i'm hungover was so fucking crazy and then all of a sudden my PS3 sounded like a jet. Turned it off in a heartbeat lol
MMaRsu
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About 50% I'd say?
chancellor
Member
Went to 3 supermarkets last night and all of them sold out - damn this game is popular.
More_Badass
Member
Is there any reason to shoot a human shield, besides looking badass? Does it have any effects on the other enemies? It seems to me like a waste of a bullet that could be used for someone else
SoraanTribal
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Dragon1893
Member
Unfortunately some people don't understand that or are expecting the game to be something it isn't.
This game was never going to please everyone.
Oh well, I love it and that's all I care about.
I know, right?? And I bet even Wally World sold it for $59.97, which means I saved ONE HUNDRED PERCENT MORE even over them!
I miss being able to have the animated version of it... sigh
KINGofCRA5H
Member
wait what
Saves a shiv and time over strangling, also if you don't kill the shield fast enough they break free with an attack.
I also got that email. Amazon really made my day!
All joking aside, what really made my day was Amazon's PS4 launch day preorder upgrade notification. Fucking woot.
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When I was reading your post all I could think of was Bioshock Infinite.
I don't think this game suffers from that as bad as you say though, maybe early on when they are establishing the game world.
I haven't used human shields at all but it takes a long ass time to strangle somebody and you can still take damage, so faster = better. Most of my deaths against human enemies come from getting caught during stealth kills.
I rarely seem to have many bullets when fighting humans to begin with, and I definitely refuse to waste shotgun shells on them.
8/10 of my friends that were online last night were playing this, it hurts having to wait for my copy.
After 5 hours the game has grown on me. I don't think this type of games are particularly my cup of tea, but the narrative, set pieces and atmosphere are all top notch. Fantastic acting as well.
Gameplay wise, I find it a bit lacking. The game plays itself a bit more than id like and the experience is too narrow for my tastes. Id give it a solid 8 do far.
Great experience, but yeah, citizen kane of video games is still Super Metroid. This ain't even close.
Gameplay wise, I find it a bit lacking. The game plays itself a bit more than id like and the experience is too narrow for my tastes. Id give it a solid 8 do far.
Great experience, but yeah, citizen kane of video games is still Super Metroid. This ain't even close.
Raitosaito
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Metroid Fusion is the citizen kane of games.
It's polarizing, yet the top of it's genre.
BigTnaples
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Like 6 hours in on hard. I've wanted this game since childhood.
Sooo fucking good.
Sooo fucking good.
lol I shat bricks during that part!
Fusion is amazing, yes. But Super came first and it was so radically perfect the impact was much stronger. With fusion, though sublime, we had already seen the Heights metroid could get to. Hence making it less shockingly good in my eyes, at least perception wise.
CambriaRising
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No, but they sometimes drop items or ammo. (it's random)
If there is any loot it will be apparent. The item icon will display next to the corpse.
Dragon1893
Member
Sometimes they drop ammo.
Nope, enemies automatically randomly drop loot when they die but only if they were fighting you. They don't drop anything if you stealth killed them.
razgriz417
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UK supermarkets sell games, usually for cheaper than other stores lol
Ah, that makes sense. It ensures you aren't ever able to hoard supplies and keeps you feeling desperate for them no matter what you do.
I'm 6 hours or so in (about to go back) and I've been going for stealth/strangles as much as possible.
My favorite battle so far (no spoiler)... an area full of soldiers.. picked them off by strangling, one by one, undetected... but when I was strangling the second to last guy, the last one spotted me and charged. Was able to drop the guy just in time and beat down the charging guy with my beatin' stick without a scratch. Awesome.
Anyone else finding this game a bit frustrating? There's way too much stealth involved and if you get caught, you get swarmed and are thrown in a pretty much un-winnable battle. I would like to just headshot some enemies but I can only really do that if there are only few around(at which point it's stupid to waste your ammo).
I've had a runner drop loot when I stealth killed her....
I've had a runner drop loot when I stealth killed her....
Ah... then maybe the answer is it's just very rare.
I'm sure this has been touched on but were reviewers and people with early copies straight up lying? Or is there something funny going on with the % complete? I'm 4h 23m in and 41% complete. That doesn't fit the 16-22 hour campaign I was told about . I'm exploring every extra building/room I see, occasionally taking time to just look at the sights, not running into fights guns blazing, so I don't think I'm rushing through it.
Loving the game though, after the so-so first two hours. Don't want to stop playing.
. I'm exploring every extra building/room I see, occasionally taking time to just look at the sights, not running into fights guns blazing, so I don't think I'm rushing through it. Loving the game though, after the so-so first two hours. Don't want to stop playing.
As soon as I entered there I was like, "Fuck this shit."
and by the end I was "FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK"
I also saw enemies drop stuff when someone else stealth killed them.
forknknife
Banned
Just got the game last night and started playing it today.
The game is really good so far but I would already not give it a perfect score since I think there are a few things off with the enemy AI and also the cover system could have been improved (sometimes the guy just keeps looking the wrong way of a door, for example).
But, aside from those couple of things, the game is just amazing. The characters and voice acting are great, the music, the pace of the action, the combat and stealth aspects of it... it's just super fun. And the graphics of course are astounding, although I don't really see a big jump from Uncharted's tbh.
The game is really good so far but I would already not give it a perfect score since I think there are a few things off with the enemy AI and also the cover system could have been improved (sometimes the guy just keeps looking the wrong way of a door, for example).
But, aside from those couple of things, the game is just amazing. The characters and voice acting are great, the music, the pace of the action, the combat and stealth aspects of it... it's just super fun. And the graphics of course are astounding, although I don't really see a big jump from Uncharted's tbh.
RustyNails
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Most of my encounters go like this:
Sneak around trying to strangle individual runners. Grab objects to distract clickers. End goal is to separate runners from clickers so I can take care of them without much distraction. But due to unpredictable patrol patterns, I get caught trying to strangle a runner and I start sprinting like a mad man trying to lose line of sight but as I'm running, surprise! clicker grabs me and ends the game
Re-do. This time with more aggression and less stealthing around like a goddamn mouse. I wish this game had goddamn BEAR TRAPS.
Sneak around trying to strangle individual runners. Grab objects to distract clickers. End goal is to separate runners from clickers so I can take care of them without much distraction. But due to unpredictable patrol patterns, I get caught trying to strangle a runner and I start sprinting like a mad man trying to lose line of sight but as I'm running, surprise! clicker grabs me and ends the game
Re-do. This time with more aggression and less stealthing around like a goddamn mouse. I wish this game had goddamn BEAR TRAPS.